Family history and environmental risk factors for colon cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 658-661

  Fernandez, Esteve ^a,b,c   Gallus, Silvano ^c   La Vecchia, Carlo ^c,d   Talamini, Renato ^e   Negri, Eva ^c   Franceschi, Silvia ^f  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^f INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2942516021     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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